Where does “dūcan” come from?

dūcan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic dūkan, from Proto-Germanic dūkaną — to duck, to dive under.

dūcan (Old English): to dip, dive, duck

Definitions

  1. to dip, dive, duck

Ancestry of “dūcan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicdūkanto duck, to dive under
2Proto-Germanicdūkanąto duck, to dive under

Words derived from “dūcan”

Every word from Proto-Germanic dūkaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic dūkan →